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Amazon Web Services

subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms on a metered pay-as-you-go basis
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Amazon Web Services is headquartered in Seattle. The organization operates in the cloud computing industry.

Amazon Web Services

Summary

Amazon Web Services is a computing platform[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Amazon Web Services was a member of Linux Foundation[3].
  • Amazon Web Services was a member of Q105394699[4].
  • Amazon Web Services was a member of Overture Maps Foundation[5].
  • Amazon Web Services was a member of Open Data Institute[6].
  • Amazon Web Services was a member of Coalition for Networked Information[7].
  • Amazon Web Services was a member of Business Software Alliance[8].
  • Amazon Web Services is in the country of United States[9].
  • Amazon Web Services's instance of is recorded as computing platform[10].
  • Amazon Web Services's instance of is recorded as internet hosting service[11].
  • Amazon Web Services's instance of is recorded as platform as a service[12].
  • Amazon Web Services's instance of is recorded as hyperscaler[13].
  • Amazon Web Services's instance of is recorded as business[14].
  • Amazon Web Services is owned by Amazon[15].
  • Amazon Web Services's headquarters location is recorded as Seattle[16].
  • Amazon Web Services's developer is recorded as Amazon[17].
  • Amazon Web Services's Commons category is recorded as Amazon Web Services[18].
  • Amazon Web Services's industry is recorded as cloud computing[19].
  • Amazon Web Services comprises Amazon S3[20].
  • Amazon Web Services comprises Amazon Simple Queue Service[21].
  • Amazon Web Services comprises Amazon Simple Email Service[22].
  • Amazon Web Services comprises Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud[23].
  • Amazon Web Services comprises Amazon Kinesis[24].
  • Amazon Web Services comprises Amazon Mechanical Turk[25].
  • Amazon Web Services comprises Amazon Aurora[26].
  • Amazon Web Services comprises Amazon DynamoDB[27].

Body

Founding

March 2006 marks the founding of Amazon Web Services[28].

Operations

Amazon Web Services's headquarters location is recorded as Seattle[16]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Amazon[29].

Industry

Amazon Web Services's industry is recorded as cloud computing[19].

Ownership

Amazon Web Services is owned by Amazon[15].

Why It Matters

Amazon Web Services has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . linuxfoundation.org. Retrieved . linuxfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . foundation.rust-lang.org. Retrieved . foundation.rust-lang.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [6] ↑ . theodi.org. theodi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [7] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [8] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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